During the April 15 City Council meeting, staff pointed to falling levels in the area’s primary water sources.
“The drought of record in 2011 had inflows to Choke Canyon at 462 feet — last year we had just 434 feet,” said Drew Molly, CEO of Corpus Christi Water. “So are we in a drought of record? I might argue we are.”
At Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, hydrogeologist Dorina MurGulet has been tracking water level trends. Her research shows that reservoir levels at Choke Canyon and Lake Corpus Christi are even lower than they were during the last drought of record…